3 Questions: Tim Parks

Tim Parks is the deputy news and presentation editor at Omaha World-Herald. He is a judge on the news team.

Was it tough to be a judge?
“It’s very exhausting and you feel a lot of pressure seeing everyone’s work and knowing your judgement can be the deciding factor as to whether they get in the book or not. You try to put that out of your mind but you know it’s a big deal.”

What was the news team looking for this year?
“Our group really skewed toward the pages that went with strong headlines, strong photos and simple design.”